March 16th
2007
12:27 PM
I started using the NR going on 2 months now. When I first used it I did not have any problems/side effects. However, when it was time for me to insert one after my seven days of not having it in all HLL broke loose. I am having headaches and feel nauseous almost every day! I can only describe it as feeling like morning sickness. I know that I am not pregnant and the only thing new that I have introduced to my body this week is the NR. I don't know how long I am going to hang in there to see if the symptoms subside...
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November 6th
2006
5:38 PM
Hi Chris
I just wanted to let you know that someone cares how you are feeling. Believe me, I do. I was on Yasmin for close to 2 years when all hell broke loose for me - anxiety and panic attacks, heart palpitations, muscle weakness ..... the list goes on and on! I thought I was going crazy ..... I was so down and thought that I would never get my life back. It has been 10 months now off of Yasmin and I am so much better. I am 38 years old so I chose not to get back on any kind of pills. I truly believe that Yasmin should not be prescribed so PLEASE, if you can... try not to get back on Yasmin. Good luck to you and know that someone shares your pain. As you can see, I still come to this website to read all of the post (10 months later). Take care of yourself!
-- By abattist | Reply | Private Message me
November 2th
2006
1:16 PM
Yeah, see - I did pretty well on it for about six months: only side effects were feeling like I had a cold and nasty discharge. It's when I got OFF of it that all hell broke loose! I'm absolutely MISERABLE and wondering WHEN WILL THIS ANXIETY GO AWAY?? I started Loestrin on Sunday and I'm PRAYING it levels me out before I go stark raving mad... (Knowing my luck, it'll just make things worse.)
-- By chris35 | Reply | Private Message me
September 21th
2006
5:02 PM
hello
I'm 18 and Yasmin WAS my first BCP ever. It's not anymore...I took the first 3 weeks of the yellow active pills and started my mom and boyfriend started to notice a change in me. I all of sudden have panic/anxiety attacks about a volcanoe, fatigue, upset stomach, numbness in my arms, sick, vomiting, I don't want to be alone, I get nervous when it get's dark. I rock back and forth, I just stare at one spot, I all of a sudden don't want to take care of my baby. I would give her to my mom a lot. I thought I was going crazy until my mom found this page for me a few days ago. Since then I stopped taking Yasmin. My symptoms are starting to lessen. Saturday will be a week since I have taken a yellow pill. My Panic attacks have lessened but are not yet gone. My other symptoms are still here and probably will be for about 2 weeks (I've read that on other womens stories). I can't stand the panic attacks..I do not like volcanoes they do scare me, when I saw this show a few weeks ago about a volcanoe under Yellowstone National Park I started to get nervous about it, until eventually I had panic attacks about it...I don't get why though....then I find this page and it all makes sense. See I knew the volcanoe was there, but I never freaked out like this until I got the Yasmin in my body and system, since then all hell broke loose!!
If anyone knows a way and wants to get the word out about Yasmin let me know, I will gladly help. It's not a fun pill and I hate to think that there are women who are being prescibed it. I'm afraid my GYN is going to say that it's not the pill when it is. Your stories help support me and get me through this. I know it will all soon be over...that's all I can say to all of those who are going through it as well...it will all be over soon.
-- By brandi | Reply | Private Message me
June 23th
2006
4:12 AM
I had been taking Lipitor for several years without side effects.
Then, after an operation for a blocked intestine, all hell broke loose:
I haveseverere neck pain 9 on scale of 1 to 10.
I have extreem fatigue.
I have a neuropathic numbness & tingling in the outer 1/8 inch of my skin from my forehead to my ankles.
My hands twitch to the point a cannont safely hold things.
I have low grade neusia
I have la oss of ballance while walking.
My physician had me stop taking Lipitor
This is third day off: I am experiencing severe itching on arms, back, legs, etc.
God help us all when adequate stuties for neuropathic damage and information have not been given our doctors or us!
-- By irish | Reply | Private Message me
January 30th
2006
12:35 PM
antiyasmin-
I took Yasmin in October, Nuvaring in November, then switched back to Yasmin because of all the awful side effects I had with the nuvaring. The first week on it was ok, then I got this headache that was pretty severe, almost to the point it was hard to function. Nothing at all would take the headache away. It lasted for 3 full weeks. In that time I also had dizzy spells and chest pains. I took myself off it and decided to go on yasmin because the only side effect at the time was that I was more emotional than usual, I did not have any headaches with Yasmin and that was a plus for me!
after just two more months on Yasmin it felt like all hell broke loose. I felt I was losing my mind. Every moment of every day I felt like something was wrong with me (tumor, cancer, etc...) I also had these syptoms:
severe pain on the left side of my back below my ribcage
tender stomach with everything I ate
abdominal cramps
headaches
blurry vision
constant need to urinate, with slight occasional burning
shakiness
lightheadedness
extreme night sweats (had to change clothes once or twice)
muscle weakness
earaches
tight chest
when breathing it felt like I was in the cold and had to cough
mood swings, feeling in a numb state of mind with a low sex drive then switching to being very hyper with a high sex drive
the list goes on....
I went of Yasmin January 21st and so far things are good, I have a mild headache in the mornings but after working out it goes away, I get little dizzy spells once and a while, and really short panic attacks like I am forgetting to do something. Overall everything seems to be going back to normal. I'm going to the gyno tomorrow to see what other options I have for BC. I may just have to stick with the rubbers!
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March 17th
2004
9:07 PM
I've had recurring bronchitis for years and have used just about every drug, so my physician gave me someLevaquin about 2 months ago with 2 refills in case of another bout. Well, the first go around (7 days 500mg.) went fine and the bronchitis cleared up. The seconf go around, last week, was quote different. I took a pill and started to feel some relief; I took a second pill and hell broke loose. I had chest pain, numbness in my hands, a mild panic attack and trouble breathing. So I called the Pharmacist and he said STOP now!.
He then asked me if it was the first time I had tried Levaquin and I told him no. He then told me that it's not unusual for your body to produce a protein that then lives in it aftee the first shot and the, upon a second dose sees the Levaquin as a foreign body and produces these respitory dide effects.
I say this becasue he continued to tell me that had I not stopped I could have been hospitalized within a couple of days.
My point is that such an incredible drug with such wonderful potential for good can kick you in butt big time and that any side effect should be considered a red flag, stop taking it and report the effect to your physician post haste.
January 30th
2003
8:37 AM
I took Levaquin for precautionary measure after cystoscopy and flowmeter tests for BPH, felt ok until I took the third one, then all "PAIN" has broke loose, I have flu like symptoms, every joint and muscle in my body hurts can't hardly walk a straight line,ringing in ears, the whole nine yards,I am not allergic to any medications at all but this will be the last time I take this medication.
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Yasmin (4) Levaquin (2) Celebrex (1) NuvaRing (1) Lipitor (1)
April 10th
2007
11:14 AM
severe stomach pain blood clot in stomach umbilical hernia operation when blood clot broke loose
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